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Chad Butler

WordPress evangelist and plug-in task master. Freelance writer and blogger extraordinaire. at RocketGeek Interactive

@cbutlerjr Augusta, GA joined Aug 2005

butlerblog.com Slack: @cbutlerjr

    Bio

    I am a full time WordPress and plugin developer, a freelance writer, and a blogger. I am the developer of the popular WP-Members plugin and the owner of RocketGeek Interactive.

    Formerly a component maintainer for Mail and the Toolbar.

    WordPress Codex: https://codex.wordpress.org/User:Cbutlerjr

    Interests

    WordPress, Genesis Framework, Plugins/ Plugin Development, Child Themes/ Development

    WordPress Origin Story

    In 2004, I started using WordPress version 1.2 (Mingus) and have been using it ever since. I blog about WordPress, blogging, freelance writing, and web development at butlerblog.com.

    Badges

    CODE
    2 badges
    Core Contributor '20 Plugin Developer
    PRACTICE
    1 badge
    Support Contributor '26
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '16

    Current Job

    WordPress evangelist and plug-in task master. Freelance writer and blogger extraordinaire.
    Present
    RocketGeek Interactive

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
    1contribution
    high0
    medium1
    score1
    Last 90 days
    5contributions
    high0
    medium5
    score5
    Last 12 months
    70contributions
    high26
    medium44
    score122

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 6.9
    • 5.5

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 24 Wed · 18:41
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Pre-fill username field?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There would be a few different ways to approach this, and it would probably depend…
    May 2026
    May 10 Sun · 02:28
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Restricted pages and articles are publicly visible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I'd suggest starting with the following FAQ: https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/docs/faqs/the-plugin-isnt-blocking-my-content/
    May 09 Sat · 18:08
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to user_id sorting broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    If all you're doing is what is at this guy's code snippet and adding the…
    May 08 Fri · 20:35
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Stripe New Button No Desciption sent, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    You're likely in the wrong support forum. I can only help you with regards to…
    May 07 Thu · 15:29
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to user_id sorting broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    They aren't sortable columns. So are you just adding the query args to the URL…
    March 2026
    Mar 28 Sat · 09:57
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Membership expiration date won’t delete, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is a commonplace problem with HTML forms. Without deliberate workarounds, a blank input form…
    Mar 05 Thu · 14:47
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Moderate registration newly enforced?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Hi Kim, The plugin when upgraded should keep the original settings that you had originally.…
    February 2026
    Feb 27 Fri · 14:28
    Plugins high
    Committed [3471138] to Plugins SVN:
    tagging 3.5.6
    Feb 27 Fri · 14:27
    Plugins high
    Committed [3471137] to Plugins SVN:
    3.5.6 release
    Feb 24 Tue · 14:52
    Plugins high
    Committed [3468716] to Plugins SVN:
    3.5.6 beta rc 2 release

    Developer

    2 plugins

    Plugins

    4 favorites

    Translations

    1 locale
    zh_HK 香港中文 (Chinese) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 1 project.

    WP-Members Membership Plugin

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